Tourism Destinations and the Concept of Industrial Districts

2000 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 199-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Mette Hjalager
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Industrial Districts ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Vertical Division ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Cooperative Competition

This paper identifies the main characteristics of industrial districts as interdependence of firms; flexible firm boundaries; cooperative competition; trust in sustained collaboration; and a ‘community culture’ with supportive public policies. In spite of the dominance of SMEs and local interdependence, and in spite of the spatial significance of tourism destinations, this type of firm has not been analysed systematically using the concepts and methods of industrial districts. The comparability between tourism destinations and industrial districts is less obvious, especially as regards governance structures. This is also true of the intensified vertical division of labour between regions delivering services to tourists and regions developing such services. However, new trends in consumer preferences, technological developments and environmental prerequisites make the development of some district properties more likely to emerge in tourism destinations in the future. This paper suggests a number of key issues for a research programme.

Networking, strategic positioning and creative knowledge in industrial districts

2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luciano Pilotti
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Industrial Districts ◽  
Cognitive Resources ◽  
Useful Knowledge ◽  
Italian Case ◽  
Industrial Leadership ◽  
Differentiated Learning

This work is the last part of a unitary framework of analysis, the first part of which was published in HSM, Special Issue, Vol. 18, No. 2. The principal aim of the analysis is the pattern of transformation of local production systems. They are discussed as a complex institutional form of the division of labour and knowledge between firms by means of institutions and meta-organisers as actors of a post-Fordist local economy. A specific production system is defined as a peculiar governance form of interrelations, mediated by cognitive resources such as internal/external competencies of a population of firms localised in a sharing context. In this way there emerges a process of internalisation of competencies through evolutionary networking in which efficiency is not simply an output but a fundamental input for both growth and innovation. Our aim is to describe the peculiarity of the institutional networking system in the Italian case of Northeast industrial districts, assuming that a specific industrial economy evolves on the basis of differentiated learning capacities according to a complex system of economic and social relations, encouraging the circulation of useful knowledge and information for the economic enlargement based on industrial leadership and firm networks: they form a complex and dynamic Multilevel Neural Network. Two main types of district emerge: the evolutionary district (e.g., Montebelluna, specialised in ski-boot production) and non evolutionary static and adaptive districts (e.g., Maniago, specialised in knife production), where we find limited leadership and limited division of labour between firms.

Managing change in tourism destinations: Key issues and current trends

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcello M. Mariani ◽  
Dimitrios Buhalis ◽  
Christian Longhi ◽  
Ourania Vitouladiti
Keyword(s):  
Managing Change ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Tourism Destinations

scholarly journals Hull Design of Solar Powered Recreational Electric Boat for Indonesian Waters

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 03010
Author(s):  
Sunaryo Sunaryo ◽  
Fahmi Yusro
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Green Energy ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Tropical Country ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Marine Tourism ◽  
Hull Design ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
Solar Powered

Indonesia with its more than 17,000 islands and its geographical location as tropical country is blessed with many marine tourism destinations such as beautiful beaches and coral reefs, coastal community culture etc., in fact tourism is ranked as 3rd highest foreign income. On the other hand Indonesian government is also committed to promote the use of environmentally friendly new and renewable energy as an alternative to the fossil fuel which highly contribute to the air pollution. In conjunction with government’s program in developing the marine tourism and in using green energy, the research is aimed to design solar powered recreational boat for tourism in Indonesia. The paper is focused on the design of the boat structure such as the hull type, the environmental friendly material for the boat hull, the arrangement of the boat that would suitable to be powered with solar energy etc. For this purpose references are obtained from literature study, experts’ opinion, and previous experiments.

scholarly journals Destination Assessment and Certification: Challenges and Opportunities

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (13) ◽  
pp. 3691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Grapentin ◽  
Maureen Ayikoru
Keyword(s):  
Future Development ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Online Surveys ◽  
Key Informants ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Tourism Destinations ◽  
The Way

This study examines recent developments in destination assessment and certification as a basis for identifying challenges and benefits they engender, from tourist and tourism organizations’ perspectives. It uses online surveys and semi-structured interviews to collect primary data from prospective tourists and key informants on destination assessment and certification. The findings highlight the strengths and weaknesses of schemes currently in use, including various factors that might influence their future development. Specifically, the study finds that destination assessment and certification are affected by four key issues, namely, practicability, reliability, visibility, and (un)availability of incentives. It concludes that the manifestation of these issues and their ensuing complexity affect the way in which tourists and tourism destinations engage with destination assessment and certification. This, therefore, delimits the inherent opportunities and constraints within such schemes.

scholarly journals Country of Origin and Consumer Perceptions

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-86
Author(s):  
Pratap Chandra Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Consumer Perceptions ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Brand Choices

Different products and brands come from different countries. Consumer perceptions and country images are developed because of country of origin. Country of origin affects global brands. Consumer perceptions about global brands are related to stereotyping, ethnocentrism, industrialization, technological developments, and fads. Consumer perceptions create influences on brand choices and acceptance of brands. Consumer perceptions about country of origin should be improved. Companies adopt a number of strategies and initiatives to overcome and improve country-of-origin perceptions. A proper understanding of consumer perceptions about country of origin is required for managers to realize consumer preferences about global brands and the connections between consumer perceptions and country of origin. All these will allow companies to establish their products and brands in foreign markets, sell their brands, and achieve business excellence.

scholarly journals Key issues in co-creation with stakeholders when research problems are complex

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 423-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Bammer
Keyword(s):  
International Association ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Multiple Stakeholders ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Complex Problems ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
The Impact

The extensive literature on research co-creation is mostly based on problems being treated as clearly defined and solvable. What is the impact on co-creation when problems are complex, with the following characteristics: difficult to delimit, contested definitions, multiple uncertainties and unresolvable unknowns, constraints on what can be done, and no perfect solution? Co-creation on such problems requires a research mindset that appreciates that stakeholders have an essential role in making complexity evident and that limiting stakeholder involvement also limits the ability to understand and effectively act on complex problems. The Integration and Implementation Sciences (i2S) framework is introduced as a way to systematically take into account multiple stakeholders with multiple relevant inputs. In addition, one specific tool, the research-relevant modified International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) spectrum, is described as a way of exploring stakeholder engagement. For complex problems this modified spectrum can be used to describe different ways of including stakeholders, to reflect on appropriate forms of engagement, as well as to take into account both level of researcher control and different categories of stakeholder groups. A research programme examining the feasibility of prescribing pharmaceutical heroin as a treatment for heroin dependence stimulated thinking about co-creation on complex problems and is used as a practice example to illustrate the points covered.

scholarly journals The changing context of public health in Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
M McKee
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Public Health Perspective ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Societal Challenges ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Changing Demographics

Abstract From a public health perspective there is much to celebrate. Europe enters the third decade of the 21st century with a population that has never been healthier. Advances in knowledge, from basic sciences to public health, have transformed our ability to tackle the diseases that afflict our populations. It would be easy to become complacent. Yet, at the same time, our world is transforming rapidly and profoundly. Changing demographics, globalization, technological developments, climate change, shifting public opinions on the value of scientific evidence, a political arena that increasingly seems to focus on highlighting differences rather than looking for common ground: all these trends result in massive and complex societal challenges, which will place great strain on our public health and health care services. In addition, deep and persistent health inequalities within and between countries continue to demand action. New threats (e.g. fake news) are surfacing, old threats (e.g. measles and TB) are coming back and EUPHA and its members need to adapt. This presentation will survey the changing public health landscape in Europe and globally, highlighting key issues for EUPHA to address.

Networking and division of labour – The case of industrial districts in the North–East of Italy*

1999 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115
Author(s):  
Sergio Albertini
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Support ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Industrial Districts ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Interactive Communication ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Coordination Process ◽  
Actor Networks

Networking can be considered the organizational support to the learning process. The paper defines a new coordination process of the division of labour between autonomous actors and organizations, beyond the market and the hierarchical processes. Networking by means of “interactive communication” is becoming increasingly the typical organizational process in post-fordism which allows new, far-reaching, opportunities in the division of cognitive labour. The discussion of the process of exploration and exploitation of knowledge is based on two analytical dimensions: (a) the types of knowledge shared by organizations and (b) the types of roles played by different actor networks. The analytical framework shows how different specialized actors and organizations, with different tasks, are complementary as regards the effectiveness of the networking (specialists, systemists, connectors and meta-organizers). The empirical evidence – concerning the evolution of the industrial districts of the North–East of Italy towards the network form – seems to support the conceptual approach adopted.

scholarly journals Dialectical Materialism

2021 ◽  
pp. 67-109
Author(s):  
Hub Zwart
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Karl Marx ◽  
Class Struggle ◽  
Dialectical Materialism ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Technological Developments ◽  
Friedrich Engels

AbstractAlthough Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels strictly speaking never used the term, “dialectical materialism” refers to the philosophy of science and nature developed in (and on the basis of) their writings, emphasising the pivotal role of real-world socio-economic conditions (e.g. labour, class struggle, technological developments). As indicated by their correspondence (Marx & Engels, 1983), their collaboration represented a unique intellectual partnership which began in Paris in 1844 and continued after Marx’s death, when Engels took care of Marx’s legacy, notably the sprawling mass of manuscripts which he managed to transform into Volume II and III of Capital. While their joint effort (resulting in no less than 44 volumes of collected writings known as the Marx Engels Werke, published by Dietz Verlag Berlin) began as co-authorship, they eventually decided on a division of labour (with Marx focussing on Capital), although reading, reviewing, commenting on and contributing to each other’s writings remained an important part of their research practice. As a result of this division of labour, while Marx focussed on political economy, Engels dedicated himself to elaborating a dialectical materialist philosophy of nature and the natural sciences, resulting in works such as the Anti-Dühring and his unfinished Dialectics of Nature (published posthumously), although Engels (a voracious intellectual) wrote and published on may other topics as well, so that his output can be regarded as a dialectical materialist encyclopaedia in fragments. Again, although I will start with an exposition of dialectical materialism, my aim is not to contribute to scholarly discussions on dialectical materialism. My focus is on the how and now, and my aim is to explore how to practice dialectical materialism of technoscience today (cf. Žižek, 2014/2015, p. 1; Hamza, 2016, p. 163).

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